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LG Announces its 2019 OLED TV Lineup, Plus an 8K Monstrosity

posted by takyon on Monday January 07 2019, @04:18AM   
from the low-res dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

LG has announced its TV lineup in the lead-up to the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week. As in other recent years, the company has split its lineup between LCD and OLED models, and the OLED models are generally the most interesting. This year, LG's OLEDs and certain high-end LCD TVs will support HDMI 2.1, allowing them to display 4K content at 120Hz over HDMI.

HDMI 2.1 is also relevant for the emerging 8K TV category, as the previous version of HDMI only allowed 8K at 30 frames per second (fps). LG will introduce two 8K TVs—the 88-inch Z9 OLED TV and the 75-inch SM99 LCD TV—that can handle 60Hz content at the full 8K resolution over HDMI. Samsung announced its first mass-market 8K TV in late 2018, and it was limited to 30Hz. Granted, there is virtually no 60Hz 8K content available in most markets, and very little 120Hz 4K content. But that could change as TVs like these come to market.

upstart writes:

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Samsung's 2019 TVs to support Apple iTunes, AirPlay 2

Samsung and Apple are making nice -- at least when it comes to video.

Samsung's on Sunday said its 2019 line of smart TVs will offer support for iTunes movie and TV shows beginning this spring. The launch could coincide with the expected unveiling of Apple's long-rumored video streaming service, which is expected to make an appearance early this year.

The iTunes support will allow Samsung TV owners in more than 100 countries to access their iTunes library or buy and rent iTunes video content through their TVs. The support marks the first time iTunes movies and TV shows are being made available on a streaming video device that isn't made by Apple or isn't a PC. The capability will also be made available to 2018 models through a firmware update, Samsung said.

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• Re:Mo' Pixels Re:Mo' Pixels (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @06:15AM (3 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @06:15AM (#783061)

  shut up. I want this desktop resolution because I need many terminals plus rendered latex plus figures at the same time, so I need the pixels.

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• Re:Mo' Pixels (Score: 2, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Monday January 07 2019, @09:31AM

  by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Monday January 07 2019, @09:31AM (#783092) Homepage Journal

  My daughter has a very nice figure. She’s got the best body.

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• Re:Mo' Pixels Re:Mo' Pixels (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday January 07 2019, @09:41AM (1 child)

  by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Monday January 07 2019, @09:41AM (#783096) Homepage

  I prefer to view xterms and LATex rendered at 240fps rather than a mere 120fps, so shall be waiting for the next generation.

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  Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves

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  • Re:Mo' Pixels (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @10:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07 2019, @10:24AM (#783107)

    I did read the comment half an hour after posting, and I admit it sounds sarcastic.
    but I'm being honest here. I really do find my 3840x2160 resolution screen to be much better for my usecase of many terminals than previous displays.
    I am using Terminus for these terminals. if I had twice the resolution, I could start using proportional fonts...

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